Measured and modeled effects of benthic algae on eutrophication in indian river-rehoboth bay, Delaware

Estuaries

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 231-248

  Cerco, Carl F ^a   Seitzinger, Sybil P ^b  

^a WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85046166334     PISSN: 01608347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1352733     Document Type: Article

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